THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE in Massachusetts, United States, where “Mary’s Little Lamb" followed Mary Elizabeth Sawyer to school nearly 150 years ago to inspire the now-famous nursery poem. A commemorative plaque is in the foreground. The school will be permanently closed next June and the 17 pupils transferred. It is proposed to preserve the building, which was restored by Mr Henry Ford.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26396, 14 April 1951, Page 3
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62THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE in Massachusetts, United States, where “Mary’s Little Lamb" followed Mary Elizabeth Sawyer to school nearly 150 years ago to inspire the now-famous nursery poem. A commemorative plaque is in the foreground. The school will be permanently closed next June and the 17 pupils transferred. It is proposed to preserve the building, which was restored by Mr Henry Ford. Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26396, 14 April 1951, Page 3
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